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Author Lambert, Amanda, author.

Title Aging with care : your guide to hiring and managing caregivers at home / Amanda Lambert and Leslie Eckford.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  362.2 LAMBERT    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  649.8 LAMBERT    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  362.2 LAM    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  362.6 LAM    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  362.2 LAM    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  155 LAM    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  649.8 LAMBERT    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.24 LAMBERT    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  649.8 LAMBERT    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  362.24 LAM    Check Shelf

Description xv, 250 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Finding the best and most appropriate in-home care for an aging loved one can be confusing and time consuming. This guide helps readers through the process of hiring a private caregiver, assessing needs and resources, and making difficult choices. Using real stories throughout, the authors reveal the benefits and pitfalls of in-home care. --Publisher.
Contents Introduction: Waking up to a nightmare: Leslie's story -- Two approaches to hiring caregivers -- Getting started: how much home care do you need? -- Finding the right hired caregiver for you and your family -- Building the best care partnership -- Keep your eye on the ball -- Your home, your care -- The caregiver relationship: friendship, balance, and boundaries -- Throwing in the towel -- Creative solutions: more than one way home -- Coming home.
Subject Home care services -- Evaluation.
Caregivers.
Older people -- Care.
Home nursing.
Home Care Services (DNLM)D006699
Caregivers (DNLM)D017028
Caregivers. (OCoLC)fst00847331
Home care services -- Evaluation. (OCoLC)fst00959128
Home nursing. (OCoLC)fst00959323
Older people -- Care. (OCoLC)fst01199096
Home care services.
Caregivers.
Elderly -- Care.
Home nursing.
Added Author Eckford, Leslie, author.
Other Form: Online version: Lambert, Amanda. Aging with care. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017] 9781442281646 (DLC) 2017031876 (OCoLC)992798674
ISBN 9781442281639 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1442281634 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781538125991
1538125994
9781442281646 (ePub ebook)
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